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  • [SUGGESTION] Support for Bizum

An urgent +1 to Bunq for support of Biz

    There are so many people moving to Spain who want to keep their bunq account that you should add support for bizum. Because how can someone bank like a local in Spain without having bizum?

      21 days later
      4 months later

      @Pau-Azure-Eagle#88520 Bizum in Spain is essential, even taxes can be pain via Bizum. It's instantaneous and so simple to use. In Spain it's an easy way to pay for everything; from the local shop, online, market stalls, friends, national and local taxes. If you provide a Spanish IBAN then you have to support BiZUM, they go hand in hand.

        8 days later

        If I do not get Bizum in Bunq soon, I will open an account with a proper bank. Everybody in Spain uses Bizum to transfer money. This is a huge gap, I am tired of saying "No sorry, I do not have Bizum, you need to transfer the money using my bank account." At the end nobody wants to do transfers with bank account numbers

          @New-White-Otter-2190415938#296455 That's why bunq has the option to send someone a payment request, so that someone doesn't have to transfer money manually. bunq is a bank from the Netherlands that operates across Europe. You cannot, in my opinion, expect bunq to support all the different app/services in all those countries. Therefore, I don't expect bunq to support Bizum in the near future.

            a month later

            If possible please add support for Bizum, Openbank and ING have it, to avoid people moving to the competition it makes sense 👍🏻

              a month later

              @thijsoost#296456 sorry but that's nonsense.

              bunq doesn't have to support each and every app, but if they have a local entity (Bunq is registered in Spain, much like, say, ING is) and local IBANs, and actively target that country's population to become customers, then the most widely used app wouldn't be too much of an ask.

              there's tens of millions potential customers. Me myself I've been with Bunq for a year and seriously consider going to another fintech solution that does support it if Bunq doesn't have Bizum by september 2025 (when my prepaid Bunq pack expires).

              The amount of times I had to say "sorry, can you transfer money to this account instead" in the past year is astonishing and the looks on the face of the other party is always speaking for itself.

              And sure, there's bunq.me links, but I can't choose to disable payment methods that cost me money. Sure, there's payment requests, but that's a hassle for myself and the other party.

              Other fintech companies also don't support each and every app out there, but at least they support the leading ones in their respective markets.

              And just to clarify - BUNQ has local IBANs in 5 countries iirc, so that'd mean potentially 5 apps besides iDeal until Wero becomes a thing, which will take several years at best.

                a month later

                • Davide                  RookieCO2 Saver

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                It's 2025 and still not bizum. Bunq in Spain withour bizum is like a bike without pedals... please implement this to increase your customer base and our funcationalities

                  18 days later

                  Bizum in Spain is really import, it is one of the best ways to order and pay online. So far I now, Bizum more used the PayPal in Spain. I use it more than my Mastercard now.
                  N26 took a while, but they implemented Bizum a view years ago too.
                  Therefor bunq is a nice additional bank for me, but to become a chance to be my first choice Bizum is a must have for me.

                    a month later
                    Jo changed the title to [SUGGESTION] Support for Bizum.
                      15 days later

                      I would echo all of the above. This is a no brainer for Bunq in terms of return on investment. You will get signficantly more customers and will be able to really break through in Spain

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